Caleb Villarreal enters his first season as assistant coach for the Prairie View A&M men's basketball program.
Villarreal has garnered a wealth of experience since entering the coaching ranks and has served under marquee coaches like Tubby Smith, Doc Sadler, and Billy Gillespie.
Arriving to the Hill in October 2020, Villarreal most recently worked as Special Assistant to the Head Coach for the Texas-Rio Grande Valley men's hoops team, a spot he held for four years. While there, he managed virtually all operational aspects of the Vaqueros' basketball program. Villarreal's primary responsibilities included assisting with academics, coordination of team travel, organization of team calendar and community service, budget, housing compliance liaison, housing, admissions, director of summer basketball camps and oversight of student managers.
Villarreal was a part of UTRGV's back to back postseason appearances (CBI and CIT), a first-time feat for the Vaqueros since becoming a Division 1 program.
Prior to UTRGV, the Corpus Christi, Texas native spent two years at Southern Miss, where he began by assisting with player growth and recruiting before earning a promotion as the team's video coordinator. In that role, Villarreal played a pivotal part in scouting and game plan development.
Villarreal also spent three seasons as a student manager for Texas Tech. He assisted the program with recruiting visits, film, and video breakdown, and coordination of office projects.
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Villarreal earned his Bachelor of Science in Exercise & Sport Sciences from Texas Tech in 2014 and his Master of Science in Sports Management from Southern Mississippi in 2016.
